Historic development to change national rideshare industry could affect local people

Lyft | San Francisco Chronicle | Carolyn Said | April  8, 2020 “A federal judge in San Francisco wrote Tuesday that “it is now clear” that Lyft drivers should be employees under California’s new gig-work law, but said…

Uber | Law.com / The Recorder | Ross Todd | April 20, 2020 “Plaintiff Lucia Greco claims that she has documented at least 32 times that she has faced discrimination from Uber drivers because of her guide dog…

Lyft | CBS Los Angeles | July 10, 2020 “TORRANCE (CBSLA) — A Lyft driver was punched and spat at during a July trip in Torrance after the driver asked a passenger to put on a face covering,…

Uber and Lyft | The New York Times | Noam Scheiber | July 28, 2020 “Drivers for Uber and Lyft won a key victory on Tuesday in their continuing effort to be treated like other workers when a…

Uber | Bloomberg | Clare Roth, Lizette Chapman, and Josh Eidelson | Agust 10, 2020  “Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. were ordered to convert their California drivers from independent contractors to employees with benefits, an early…

“Uber has spent nine months battling California regulators’ demands for detailed information on sexual harassment and assault claims made by its customers and drivers. The company’s favored legal strategy of asking forgiveness rather than permission will face a…

“A Garden Grove man who works as an Uber driver has been charged with kidnapping and assaulting a female passenger this week in Santa Ana, and strangling another woman last month in a separate attack. Jason Humberto Rodas,…

The ride-sharing company is taking a stand against racism in billboards across the US. That’s rich coming from a company whose business model is based on exploiting workers “We live in a golden age of brand activism: multinational…

California’s Prop 22 could set back labor standards, particularly for nonwhite workers, for decades. “[…] nestled amongst this year’s 12 ballot measures on everything from taxes to voting rights to criminal justice to data privacy to health care…

“In yet another decision concerning gig economy businesses, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department upheld a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board (the “Board”), which held that Uber exercised sufficient control over its drivers…

“LOS ANGELES — Drivers for app-based ride-hailing and delivery services filed a lawsuit Tuesday to overturn a California ballot initiative that makes them independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job protections. The lawsuit filed with…

“Uber and Lyft have teamed up to create a database of drivers ousted from their ride-hailing services for complaints about sexual assault and other crimes that have raised passenger-safety concerns for years. The clearinghouse unveiled Thursday will initially…

PEIFFER WOLF AND THE LAW OFFICE OF JANA EISINGER:  UBER TO PAY $1.1 MILLION IN RECORD AWARD TO BLIND RIDESHARE PASSENGER  14 Cases of Driver Discrimination by Uber Are Core of Complaint; Uber’s Attempt to Evade Federal Disabilities…

LYFT SUED BY 13 SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, 4 PHYSICAL ASSAULT VICTIMS FOR COMPANY’S FAILURE TO PROTECT PASSENGERS AND DRIVERS Attorneys Sound the Alarm on “Nationwide Crisis” Over Lyft’s Systemic Failure; Legal Actions Filed By Plaintiffs from Arizona, California,…

Uber and Lyft are facing new lawsuits in state court over accusations the rideshare services failed to adequately prevent their drivers from sexually assaulting female passengers. Attorneys from Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, of San Francisco,…